Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine, cilt.5, sa.10, ss.40-45, 2006 (Hakemli Dergi)
Although Turkish medicine
had sovereignty all over the world starting from the Middle Ages to 17th
century, it was remained behind the developments in medicine in parallel with
the regression of Ottoman Empire. Related with this situation, anatomy, which
is one of the most important fields of the medicine, has also prevented the
development of other fields related to anatomy. The development of autopsy in
Ottoman period which describes the procedures made in order to determine
especially the medical causes of deaths has remained behind when compared to
the studies performed in west. The studies started after the permission taken
in order to study on cadavers has led to developments in anatomy and its
education in parallel with pathological anatomy as well as in forensic medicine
which provides collaboration of medicine and law. In this study, the importance
of autopsy, except in anatomic studies, in determination of death cause is considered
and a forensic autopsy case was investigated from Ottoman period in 19th
century.